Sunday, April 12, 2020

The "Conflicting" Accounts of the Gospels Resurrection Accounts

Blessed Easter! One of my traditions has been to read the Passion and the Resurrection accounts in each of the Gospels. The choreography of Christ's redemptive reality comes through as a seamless garment. Though each account gives some different and sometimes what seems conflicting details I side with C.S. Lewis in actually seeing such 'conflicting' accounts as a kind of interesting detail in itself that encourages rather than discouraging belief. The reason being that these details, the first witnesses, the angelic apparitions in one account and notably absent in another, and others, instead of discounting the veracity of the Event actually lend it a credibility. A credibility that comes from the fact that such 'discrepancies' did not seem to bother the Evangelists or the Early Church. And Lewis makes the statement concerning signatures that an exact signature is the sure mark of a forgery. Anyway just an Easter thought for you all. Blessings to you. May the Living Christ be a reality to you.

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